I REALLY don’t want sam’s ung on my phone.

  • Sivilian@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    You can use Universal android Debloater to remove all the crap from your phone. They have a recommendation of what apps to remove you can apply that then just hit run and it will uninstall the bloat. Did that with a a7 smaznug phone a while back

      • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        18 hours ago

        Yea, I got a Galaxy S24 FE, dev options doesn’t show the “allow bootloader to be unlocked” option like I saw in a previous motorola phone.

      • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        this is dependent on the model. Like for example the s20 snapdragon US branch is unable to be unlocked period consumer side, you used to be able to pay someone to exploit it for you but that was patched out.

      • DesolateMood@lemmy.zipEnglish
        31·
        2 days ago

        Do any of them come factory unlocked? As far as I’m aware all Samsung phones made in the US are locked down

          • DesolateMood@lemmy.zipEnglish
            91·
            2 days ago

            That’s carrier unlocked. It means you can connect your phone to any carrier you want, as opposed to when you buy the phone from the carrier, who typically keep the phones locked to themselves (for a certain amount of time)

            • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              41·
              2 days ago

              Yes. The carrier unlocked ones (historically) came with unlockable boot loaders. The carrier locked ones also don’t allow you to unlock. T-Mobile used to let you unlock your bootloaders, but I think recently they’ve stopped. But carrier unlocked? Those used to never be not unlockable.

              • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 hours ago

                Snap dragon variants always have a locked bootloader, because they are assholes.

                Samsung exynos variants usually could unlock the bootloader.

          • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I haven’t had a bootloader unlocked Samsung since the S4, and I’m not sure it was actually unlockable, it’s just the last US Samsung that I could root, which usually requires an unlockable boot loader.

  • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    If you can’t find a custom ROM, you could try a GSI. iodéOS has one and it should theoretically work on an S23 FE, though the installation process will be slightly different because I believe you need to use Heimdall to flash third party firmware on Samsung devices. It’s not guaranteed everything will work smoothly with a GSI either, you may need to play around with the settings once installation is complete.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    If it is a Qualcomm variant for the US, nope. Samsung does not allow bootloader unlocking on those anymore. I think some enterprising people have found unpatched exploits that have allowed some models to be unlocked and rooted. But it is sadly not a common thing with those anymore.

    The Pixel is the most friendly to the custom rom scene these days. Although with the recent changes to purging the device tree’s from upstream AOSP, I’ve read that Google is starting to make it much harder to use as a practical feature on the Pixels as well.

  • jakemehoff11@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I’m pretty sure the Exynos S10/Note 10 series from 2019 was the last unlockable bootloader Samsung S you could get.

    You could try to sell it or trade it in for something that’s unlockable. Outside of Pixels, Motorola and OnePlus tend to have the most new-ish devices that run custom ROMs.

    I just found a decently priced Motorola Edge 40 Pro that I set up with LineageOS, it was stupid easy. Supposedly, it’s getting Android 16 at some point early next year.

    This has lots of documentation for recent devices and what kind of challenges you might face. https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

    Barring any of that, some type of debloat software is gonna be your best bet. Good luck!

    • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’m pretty sure the Exynos S10/Note 10 series from 2019 was the last unlockable bootloader Samsung S you could get.

      I don’t think that’s true. If you check the XDA forums you can find custom ROM development for newer models like the S23.

  • chairman@feddit.nlEnglish
    110·
    2 days ago

    “I REALLY don’t want sam’s ung on my phone.”

    Maybe buy an iPhone???